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Administrative

Dean's Office

Name Title Room Phone E-Mail
Clifton Tanabe, Ph.D., J.D. Dean 414 915-747-5572 cstanabe@utep.edu
Johannes M. Strobel, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies 414 jmstrobel@utep.edu 
Erika Mein, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs 413 915-747-6378 elmein2@utep.edu
Joyce Asing Cashman, Ph.D. Assistant Dean 413 915-747-8420 gasingcashman2@utep.edu
Susana Aguirre Director of Strategic Engagement & Planning 414 915-747-5515 saguirre2@utep.edu
Elizabeth Flores College Administrative Officer 414 915-747-6367 ekflores@utep.edu
Paige D. Mandell Assistant to the Dean 414 915-747-5572 pdmandell@utep.edu 
Ileana J. Rojas Director of COED Business 400B 915-747-5783 ijrojas@utep.edu 
Carmen Molina Business Center Specialist 404 915-747-7676 cmolina12@utep.edu
Nicholas Peters Business Center Specialist 406A 915-747-5783 ncpeters@utep.edu 
Gerardo Urquiza Technology Implementation Manager 206-A 915-747-5251 gurquiza@utep.edu
Delma Colmenero-Chavez Administrative Asst II 412 915-747-5874 dchavez4@utep.edu 
Krista Apodaca Administrative Coordinator 412-I 915-747-6251 kmapodaca3@utep.edu 
M Selvamalar Administrative Coordinator 413-C 915-747-7596 mselvamalar@utep.edu  

Center for Student Success

Department Website: 

Name Title Room Phone E-Mail
Steven Garcia Assistant Director of Advising 412 915-747-8544
sgarcia65@utep.edu 
Lilly Romo Manager (Data/Certification) 413-D 915-747-5571 lromo@utep.edu 
Lluvia Parral Coordinator, Clinical Experiences/Assessment 412 915-747-5512 inparral@utep.edu 
Irene Resendiz Academic Advisor 412 915-747-5952 ijimenez2@utep.edu 
Mario Rodriguez Academic Advisor 412 915-747-5298 marodriguez22@utep.edu 
Dina Chagoyan Academic Advisor 412 915-747-7608 dnchagoyan@utep.edu 
Sarah Enriquez Academic Advisor 412 915-747-5408 sgenriquez4@utep.edu 
Haley Richardson Program Coordinator, Alternative Certification Program (ACP) 413 915-747-8086 hrichardson2@utep.edu

Academics

Educational Leadership & Foundations

Department Website: 

Name Title Room Phone E-Mail
Jesus Cisneros, Ph.D. Department Chair and Associate Professor 510 915-747-6450 jcisneros7@utep.edu 
Eduardo Arellano, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Practice 506 915-747-7593 ecarellano@utep.edu
Penelope Espinoza, Ph.D Associate Professor 507 915-747-8784 ppespinoza@utep.edu 
Gary Edens, Ed.D Professor of Practice 509 915-747-7471 gedens@utep.edu 
Nora Paugh, Ph.D. Program Coodinator K-12 505 915-747-6286 nlpaugh@utep.edu 
Isela Peña, Ed.D. Assistant Professor 510A 915-747-7589 ipena3@utep.edu 
Arturo Olivarez, Ph. D Professor 511 915-747-5579 aolivarez3@utep.edu 
Rodolfo Rincones, Ph.D. Associate Professor 501-C 915-747-7614 rrincones@utep.edu
Wei-Ling Sun, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 504 915-747-7591 wlsun@utep.edu 
Carmen Reyes, M. Ed. Program Coordinator/Manager 501-B 915-747-7590 carmenr@utep.edu

Counseling & special Education

Department Website: 

Name Title Room Phone E-Mail
Beverley Argus-Calvo, Ph.D. Department Chair  701C 915-747-5266 bcalvo@utep.edu
Patricia Ainsa, Ph.D. Professor 709 915-747-7678 tainsa@utep.edu
Carleton Brown, Ph.D. Associate Professor 710 915-747-8687 chbrown@utep.edu
Paul Carrola, Ph.D. Associate Professor 703 915-747-7496 pacarrola@utep.edu
Veronica Y. Estala-Guitierrez, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Instruction 711 915-747-7445 vyestala@utep.edu 
Eunae Han, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 704 915-747-7585 ehan@utep.edu 
Sumin Lim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 702 915-747-7581 slmullins@utep.edu 
Chu Ling Lo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Instruction 502 915-747-7843 clo@utep.edu 
Myra Ortega, Ed.D Visiting Professor/Assistant Professor of Instruction 706 915-747-7642 myortega@utep.edu 
Johana Rocha, Ph.D Assistant Professor 707 915-747-7584 jrocha10@utep.edu 
Sang Min Shin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 708 915-747-7643 sshin2@utep.edu
Robert Trussell, Ph.D. Associate Professor 712 915-747-7520 rptrussell@utep.edu
Deborah Diaz Administrative Services Coordinator 701A 915-747-7637 dcdiaz@utep.edu
Tessa L. Arsenault, Ph.D. Assistant Professor  713 915-747-7639   tlarsenault@utep.edu
Daniel Dosal-Terminel, Ph.D.  Assistant Professor   705 915-747-7638 ddosaltermine@utep.edu

Teacher Education

Department Website: 

Name Title Room Phone E-Mail
Alyse Hachey, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Department Co-Chair 601D 915-747-7677 ahachey@utep.edu
Olga Kosheleva, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Department Co-Chair 801D 915-747-7588 olgak@utep.edu
Cynthia Acosta Lecturer 210L 915-747-7363 csantillano@utep.edu 
Song An, Ph.D. Associate Professor 808 915-747-7616 saan@utep.edu
Joyce Asing-Cashman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Instruction 413B 915-747-8420 gasingcashman2@utep.edu
Amy Bach, Ed.D. Associate Professor 610 915-747-5791 ajbach@utep.edu
David Carrejo, Ph.D. Associate Professor 802 915-747-5856 dcarrejo@utep.edu
Timothy Cashman, Ph.D. Professor 605 915-747-7713 tcashman@utep.edu
Heather Click-Cuellar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Instruction 210B TBD hclick@utep.edu 
Christina Convertino, Ph.D. Associate Professor 810 915-747-7675 cconvertino@utep.edu
Maria Teresa De La Piedra, Ph.D. Professor 805 915-747-5527 mdelapiedra@utep.edu
Marco Delgado Lecturer 210F TBD madelgado24@utep.edu
Ken Dore Lecturer 210H 915-747-5689 kadore@utep.edu
Celina Gamboa Lecturer 210H 915-747-7192 cpgamboa@utep.edu
Diane Golding, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Instruction 607 915-747-8459 degolding@utep.edu
Daniel Heiman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 806 915-747-5022 dbheiman2@utep.edu
Jose Maria Herrera, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Instruction 609 915-747-5951 jherrera13@utep.edu
Lidia Herrera Rocha, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Instruction 410A 915-747-7673 lherrera2@utep.edu
Pei-Ling Hsu, Ph.D. Associate Professor 813 915-747-6446 phsu3@utep.edu
Liru Hu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor TBD TBD lhu@utep.edu 
Elena Izquierdo, Ph.D. Professor 611 915-747-7595 ielena@utep.edu
Sarah Jean Johnson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 606 915-747-5965 sjjohnson2@utep.edu
So Jung Kim, Ph.D. Associate Professor 608 915-747-6221 skim7@utep.edu
Rachel Keller, Ed.D Assistant Professor of Instruction 105B 915-747-7089 rdkeller@utep.edu
Gloria Martinez Lecturer 210E TBD gemartinez8@utep.edu
William J. Medina-Jerez, Ph.D. Associate Professor 604 915-747-8608 wjmedinajerez@utep.edu
Erika Mein, Ph.D. Associate Professor 413A 915-747-6378 elmein2@utep.edu
Katherine Mortimer, Ph.D. Associate Professor 811 915-747-5966 ksmortimer@utep.edu
Erica Nash Lecturer 210M 915-747-8045 enash3@utep.edu
Patricia Ocana Lecturer 210A TBD plocana@utep.edu
Robyn K. Pinilla Assistant Professor 205C 915-747-5475 rkpinilla@utep.edu
Jessica Pussman Lecturer 210B TBD jpussman@utep.edu
Reynaldo Reyes, Ph.D. Associate Professor 801C 915-747-8817 rreyes9@utep.edu
William Robertson, Ph.D. Professor 807 915-747-6426 robertson@utep.edu
Cesar Rossatto, Ph.D. Associate Professor 812 915-747-5253 crossatto@utep.edu
Milagros Seda, Ph.D. Associate Professor 310C 915-747-7670 mseda@utep.edu
Johannes M. Strobel Professor 414 jmstrobel@utep.edu 
Mourat Tchoshanov, Ph.D. Professor 612 915-747-7668 mouratt@utep.edu
Daniel Tillman, Ph.D. Associate Professor 809 915-747-8661 datillman@utep.edu
Josefina V. Tinajero, Ed.D. Professor/Director 903 915-747-5552 tinajero@utep.edu
Char Ullman, Ph.D. Associate Professor 804 915-747-7646 cullman@utep.edu
Maartje Van den Bogaard, Ph.D. Associate Professor 310D TBD mvdbogaard@utep.edu 
Elsa Villa, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Practice 100E 915-747-6948 evilla@utep.edu
Justice Walker, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 803 915-747-7659 jtwalker@utep.edu
Cynthia Wiltshire, Ed. D Assistant Professor 602 915-747-6655 cawiltshire@utep.edu 
Valeria Padilla Graduate Program Coordinator 601A 915-747-5953 vpadilla5@utep.edu
Margarito (Margo) Navarro Administrative Services Coordinator 801B 915-747-7669 mnavarro2@utep.edu
Kathy Surratt Administrative Assistant 601B 915-747-5144 kjsurratt@utep.edu
Ignacio (Nacho) Rodriguez Administrative Secretary 601 915-747-5426 irodriguez9@utep.edu
Katrina Duarte-Meng, Ed.D Assistant Professor of Instruction 210 TBD kduartemeng2@utep.edu
Christina Marin Lecturer 210 TBD cmarin6@utep.edu

Programs/Grants

Mother/ Daughter

Name Title Room Phone E-Mail
Josefina V. Tinajero, Ed.D. Professor/Director 903 915-747-5552 tinajero@utep.edu

Research Centers

Ethnography of Languages, Literacies, and Learning (EL3) Lab

Department Website: 

Name Title Room Phone E-Mail
Katherine Mortimer, Ph.D. Co-Director 811 915-747-5966 ksmortimer@utep.edu
Amy Bach, Ph.D. Co-Director 801-A 915-747-5791 ajbach@utep.edu
Romelia Rodriguez Graduate Student Coordinator 310 EL3Lab@utep.edu
Matthew Munden Graduate Student Coordinator 310 EL3Lab@utep.edu

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